Comments on: Intel Mac mini Unimpressive http://www.martingordon.org/blog/2006/02/28/intel-mac-mini-unimpressive/ Thu, 17 May 2012 23:04:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Martin http://www.martingordon.org/blog/2006/02/28/intel-mac-mini-unimpressive/comment-page-1/#comment-2053 Martin Thu, 02 Mar 2006 03:25:40 +0000 http://www.martingordon.org/blog/2006/02/28/intel-mac-mini-unimpressive/#comment-2053 Don't get me wrong, I love Apple and am writing this on a PowerBook, but I don't fall into the category of Maclot that sees everything Steve Jobs puts out as the Second Coming. Fact of the matter is, the average consumer will look at a Dell desktop with a P4 3GHz and assume it's twice as fast as the Mac mini with its 1.5GHz processor. Industrial design can only take Apple so far. Now that Apple has switched to Intel processors, their machines' specs will be compared even more closely to that of Dell's. Heck, even <a href="http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/02/14/pricecomparison2/index.php" rel="nofollow">MacWorld</a> did a price comparison for the MacBook Pro and Dell's offering (which the MBP stood up well against). The Mac mini fails in such comparisons, both against Dell's offerings and Apple's own up-market offerings. What I meant when I said wait for Dell's offers is that we should wait to see if Dell will be more expensive than their current machines for what appears to the average consumer as a decrease in performance. In that case, I stand corrected and the Mac mini is appropriately priced with the iMac being a steal. Until then, it looks to be the other way around. Don't get me wrong, I love Apple and am writing this on a PowerBook, but I don't fall into the category of Maclot that sees everything Steve Jobs puts out as the Second Coming.

Fact of the matter is, the average consumer will look at a Dell desktop with a P4 3GHz and assume it's twice as fast as the Mac mini with its 1.5GHz processor. Industrial design can only take Apple so far. Now that Apple has switched to Intel processors, their machines' specs will be compared even more closely to that of Dell's. Heck, even MacWorld did a price comparison for the MacBook Pro and Dell's offering (which the MBP stood up well against).

The Mac mini fails in such comparisons, both against Dell's offerings and Apple's own up-market offerings. What I meant when I said wait for Dell's offers is that we should wait to see if Dell will be more expensive than their current machines for what appears to the average consumer as a decrease in performance. In that case, I stand corrected and the Mac mini is appropriately priced with the iMac being a steal. Until then, it looks to be the other way around.

]]> By: WhyWindows? http://www.martingordon.org/blog/2006/02/28/intel-mac-mini-unimpressive/comment-page-1/#comment-2052 WhyWindows? Thu, 02 Mar 2006 03:03:04 +0000 http://www.martingordon.org/blog/2006/02/28/intel-mac-mini-unimpressive/#comment-2052 Fair to see what Dell offers? For what? For more security patches and bad customer service? Yes, I know there were two recent viruses aimed for OSX (low threats), which means that Apple is behind some 100,000 known viruses! Dell cannot touch anything Apple has been doing for the past few years, especially when it comes to customer support (they speak clear English at Apple). Has Dell even made a product with a DVI output, which is better than the standard VGA connection? By the way, where would you put a Dell desktop in your entertainment center? Maybe you can place your TV on it, I believe a Dell desktop can fit 27" TV's and larger! I just do not understand how anyone can compare Dell to Apple, or assume that Dell could potentially compete with the design, ease of use and stablitiy of Apple computers. Then again, there are people who think Taco Bell has great Mexican Food! Fair to see what Dell offers? For what? For more security patches and bad customer service? Yes, I know there were two recent viruses aimed for OSX (low threats), which means that Apple is behind some 100,000 known viruses! Dell cannot touch anything Apple has been doing for the past few years, especially when it comes to customer support (they speak clear English at Apple). Has Dell even made a product with a DVI output, which is better than the standard VGA connection? By the way, where would you put a Dell desktop in your entertainment center? Maybe you can place your TV on it, I believe a Dell desktop can fit 27" TV's and larger! I just do not understand how anyone can compare Dell to Apple, or assume that Dell could potentially compete with the design, ease of use and stablitiy of Apple computers. Then again, there are people who think Taco Bell has great Mexican Food!

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